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'Nobody outside of our group will be expecting us to get a result'

Newcastle Falcons' Mike Brown (right center) and Bristol Bears Dan Thomas square up during the Gallagher Premiership match at Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne. Picture date: Saturday October 16, 2021. (Photo by Richard Sellers/PA Images via Getty Images)

Newcastle defence coach Nick Easter says he believes that the Falcons can derail Leicester Tigers’ seemingly unstoppable train in their New Year’s Day game at Welford Road.

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Steve Borthwick’s Tigers are yet to drop a game in this season’s Gallagher Premiership and Welford Road once again appears to be the fortress of old, but Easter believes Newcastle have what it takes to storm the battlements and return north with a victory.

“Nobody outside of our group will be expecting us to get a result, but I can assure you the expectation within the club is really strong that we can go down there and get the win,” said Easter. “Discipline will be a big focus for us. We’re away from home, and there’ll be a big Welford Road crowd in.

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“The physicality that Leicester bring – our boys have been watching that and will be absolutely buzzing at the opportunity of going down there in a cauldron of an atmosphere and getting into a proper battle.

“That’s what we love, and the characters that I’ve come to know here love working hard for each other and embracing that physical combat element of the sport. They know they’re representing the North East and Cumbria in terms of our patch, and it’s the perfect game for us to get back into it after three weeks without a match.

“We don’t want to be caught cold, because Leicester are an extremely intense and physical team. You don’t get to be top of the league and win ten out of ten without having that as your number one attribute, and Leicester have that.”

“Steve Borthwick will have been at Saracens when Brendan Venter came in and did a similar job more than 10 years ago, and it looks like the same foundation – strong pack, good kicking game and physical in defence.

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“Steve was obviously part of the England coaching set-up which lost the Rugby World Cup final to a pragmatic Springbok side, and it’s a very South African slant he’s put on things with the way they’re playing. They’ve obviously signed a few South African guys, too, and you’d have to say it’s worked for him.”

Mike Brown is set to make his 250th Gallagher Premiership appearance, becoming only the sixth player in history to cross the milestone.

NEWCASTLE FALCONS: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Mateo Carreras, 13 Matias Orlando, 12 Luther Burrell, 11 Adam Radwan, 10 Joel Hodgson, 9 Louis Schreuder; 1 Adam Brocklebank, 2 Charlie Maddison, 3 Trevor Davison, 4 Greg Peterson, 5 Sean Robinson, 6 Philip van der Walt, 7 Will Welch (captain), 8 Carl Fearns.

REPLACEMENTS: 16 Robbie Smith, 17 Kyle Cooper, 18 Mark Tampin, 19 Callum Chick, 20 Gary Graham, 21 Sam Stuart, 22 Brett Connon, 23 Tom Penny.

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That's Cron's job though. Australia has had one of the most penalised scrums in international rugby for a long time. Just look at the scrum win loss percentage and scrum penalties. That is your evidence. AA has been the starter during that period. Pretty simple analysis. That Australia has had a poor scrum for a long time is hardly news. If bell and thor are not on the field they are woeful. So you are just plain wrong. They have very little time for the lions so doing the same old things that dont work is not going to get them there.


Ainsley is better than our next best tighthead options and has been playing well at scrum time for Lyon in the most competitive comp in the world. Superstar player? No. But better than the next best options. So that is a good enough guide. The scrummaging in the Prem is pretty good too so there is Sio's proof. Same analysis for him. Certainly better in both cases than Super, where the brumbies had the worst win loss and scrum pen in Super. Who plays there? Ohh yes... And the level of scrummaging in Super is well below the URC, prem and France with the SA teams out.


Nongorr is truly woeful. He's 130kg and gets shoved about. That just should not be happening at that weight for a specialist prop who has always played rugby cf pone with leauge. He has had enough time to develop at 23. You'd be better off with Pone who is at least good around the field for the moment and sending Nongorr on exchange to France or England to see if they can improve him with better coaching as happened with Skelton and Meafou. He isn't going to develop in time in super if he has it at all.


Latu is a better scrummaging hooker than BPA and Nasser. and he's the best aussie player over the ball at ruck time. McReight's super jackling percentage hasnt converted to international level but latu consistently does it at heniken level, which is similar to test level in the big games. With good coaching at La Rochelle he's much improved though still has the odd shocker. He should start the November games.

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